Northern Exposure
1990
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Apr 29, 2020 · Jill Gascoine, who has died aged 83, played DI Forbes in the trailblazing series from 1980 to 1984. “The Gentle Touch had been the first telly drama to base itself around a female copper,” she...
Apr 29, 2020 · The star of 1980s TV favourite The Gentle Touch, Jill Gascoine, has died at the age of 83. Gascoine had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for a number of years, a “cowardly disease” according to...
Apr 29, 2020 · Apr 29, 2020 10:00am PT. Jill Gascoine, Star of ‘The Gentle Touch,’ Dies Aged 83. By Tim Dams. Shutterstock. and the lede: British actor Jill Gascoine, known for starring in 1980s TV drama...
Mini Bio. Jill Viola Gascoine was born in Lambeth, London, on April 11 1937. She was educated at Tiffin's Girls School (by her own account, a traumatic experience) and later studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts in London. She began her career as a fifteen-year old chorine in pantomime and spent a decade-long apprenticeship ...
Apr 29, 2020 · British actress Jill Gascoine, known for her roles in such TV dramas as The Gentle Touch and The Onedin Line, has died at the age of 83. In the 1980s she played Detective Inspector Maggie...
Apr 29, 2020 · Jill Gascoine, the English actress who played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in Brit series The Gentle Touch, has died at the age of 83. The actresses’ son confirmed the news on Facebook in...
Apr 29, 2020 · Jill Gascoine, who has died aged 83, was British television drama’s first starring woman police officer in The Gentle Touch (ITV, 1980-84) and its spin-off series CATS Eyes (1985-87). As Det...
